Update field | Webflow Developer Documentation

Update a custom field in a collection.

Required scope | cms:write

Update a custom field in a collection.

Required scope | cms:write

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

collection_idstringRequiredformat: "objectid"

Unique identifier for a Collection

field_idstringRequiredformat: "objectid"

Unique identifier for a Field in a collection

Request

The field details to update

isRequiredbooleanOptional

Define whether a field is required in a collection

displayNamestringOptional

The name of a field

helpTextstringOptional

Additional text to help anyone filling out this field

Response

Request was successful

idstringformat: "objectid"

Unique identifier for a Field

isRequiredboolean

define whether a field is required in a collection

typeenum

Choose these appropriate field type for your collection data

displayNamestring

The name of a field

isEditablebooleanRead-only

Define whether the field is editable

slugstring

Slug of Field in Site URL structure. Slugs should be all lowercase with no spaces. Any spaces will be converted to ”-.”

helpTextstring

Additional text to help anyone filling out this field

validationsobject or nullRead-only

The validations for the field

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

404

Not Found Error

429

Too Many Requests Error

500

Internal Server Error

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Unique identifier for a Collection

Unique identifier for a Field in a collection

The field details to update

Define whether a field is required in a collection

Additional text to help anyone filling out this field

Request was successful

Unique identifier for a Field

define whether a field is required in a collection

Choose these appropriate field type for your collection data

Define whether the field is editable

Slug of Field in Site URL structure. Slugs should be all lowercase with no spaces. Any spaces will be converted to ”-.”

Additional text to help anyone filling out this field

The validations for the field

$	curl -X PATCH https://api.webflow.com/v2/collections/580e63fc8c9a982ac9b8b745/fields/580e63fc8c9a982ac9b8b745 \
>	-H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"isRequired": false,
>	"displayName": "Post Body",
>	"helpText": "Add the body of your post here"
>	}'

1	{
2	"id": "75821f618da60c18383330bcc0ca488b",
3	"isRequired": false,
4	"type": "RichText",
5	"displayName": "Post Body",
6	"isEditable": true,
7	"slug": "post-body",
8	"helpText": "Add the body of your post here",
9	"validations": {
10	"maxLength": 1000,
11	"minLength": 100
12	}
13	}

$	curl -X PATCH https://api.webflow.com/v2/collections/580e63fc8c9a982ac9b8b745/fields/580e63fc8c9a982ac9b8b745 \
>	-H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"isRequired": false,
>	"displayName": "Post Body",
>	"helpText": "Add the body of your post here"
>	}'

1	{
2	"id": "75821f618da60c18383330bcc0ca488b",
3	"isRequired": false,
4	"type": "RichText",
5	"displayName": "Post Body",
6	"isEditable": true,
7	"slug": "post-body",
8	"helpText": "Add the body of your post here",
9	"validations": {
10	"maxLength": 1000,
11	"minLength": 100
12	}
13	}